The man was taken to a Bay Area hospital with injuries to his head and torso, police said. There was no word on his condition.

King City police and the Monterey County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a physical disturbance around 10:20 p.m. in the 300 block of North Vanderhurst Avenue near the intersection with Collins Street.

The man who was shot was brandishing a knife, police said.

Police did not release the name of the man or the officer who shot him.